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Syt

#43215
October 01, 2014, 02:57:21 AM
Quote from: Maladict on October 01, 2014, 02:41:34 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 01, 2014, 12:42:49 AM
Literature has now been excised from the curriculum.

What is it being replaced with?

It's spot is being taken by grammar and functional texts. (All three are normally part of German class).
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Liep

#43216
October 01, 2014, 02:58:49 AM
Quote from: Savonarola on September 30, 2014, 06:10:44 PM
Gertrude Stein wrote a poem called "Sacred Emily" which begins "Rose is a rose is a rose."  It's often misquoted as "A rose is a rose is a rose."  I think your Danish author was trying to allude to that.

Is "Negro" an offensive term in Swedish?

Yes, and I forgot a 'too'. :blush:

And yes, "neger" is offensive and is only ever used in the context of old literature such as Pippi.
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

Duque de Bragança

#43217
October 01, 2014, 06:04:10 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 01, 2014, 02:57:21 AM
Quote from: Maladict on October 01, 2014, 02:41:34 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 01, 2014, 12:42:49 AM
Literature has now been excised from the curriculum.

What is it being replaced with?

It's spot is being taken by grammar and functional texts. (All three are normally part of German class).

Yay, Austria enters the race to the bottom!

Maladict

#43218
October 01, 2014, 06:07:09 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 01, 2014, 02:57:21 AM
It's spot is being taken by grammar

Could be useful. :P

Eddie Teach

#43219
October 01, 2014, 06:10:30 AM
It's a really annoying rule that "its" is spelled without an apostrophe.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Ideologue

#43220
October 01, 2014, 12:02:10 PM
Ugh.  Overslept, badly.  Plus, I wish I hadn't called in sick last Wednesday for basically the same reason, because I also really do have a stomachache today. :lol:
Kinemalogue
Current reviews: The 'Burbs (9/10); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (9/10); John Wick: Chapter 2 (9/10); A Cure For Wellness (4/10)

derspiess

#43221
October 01, 2014, 12:06:27 PM
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Josquius

#43222
October 01, 2014, 12:33:40 PM
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garbon

#43223
October 01, 2014, 12:34:49 PM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Liep

#43224
October 01, 2014, 02:23:15 PM
Aleqa Hammond was caught using money that wasn't hers and has stepped down as party chairman for Siumut, and after 4 ministers resigned it seems a new election is under way.

Perhaps they can have an election that doesn't solely focus on how to best sell their resources to China, I mean now that they discovered that there really aren't any resources...

They could also just drop that autonomy act and return to the fold. :yes:
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

derspiess

#43225
October 01, 2014, 03:47:36 PM
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/01/argentina-president-claims-us-plot

:lol:  Get over yourself, honey.  If we really wanted you out of there, you'd be long gone by now.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Ed Anger

#43226
October 01, 2014, 07:07:51 PM
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Maladict

#43227
October 02, 2014, 05:10:37 AM
Cameron's conference rap.  :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YBumQHPAeU

Liep

#43228
October 02, 2014, 05:17:33 AM
"Af alle latterlige Ting forekommer det mig at være det allerlatterligste at have travlt" - Kierkegaard

"JamenajmenømahrmDÆ!DÆ! Æhvnårvaæhvadlelæh! Hvor er det crazy, det her, mand!" - Uffe Elbæk

jimmy olsen

#43229
October 02, 2014, 05:26:35 AM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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